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Korea, Republic of: Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, urban, adjusted gender parity index

0.96parity index (1 = parity) · 2023+8.5% since 2013

Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ICTSKILLDLDONLD.URB.GPIA. Annual figures for Korea, Republic of from 2008 to 2023.

20082023

Every year

YearValue (parity index (1 = parity))Note
20230.964
20220.978
20210.982
20200.956
20190.955
20180.942
20170.946
20160.929
20150.907
20140.948
20130.889
20120.871
20110.87
20090.918
20080.848

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Proportion of youth and adults that read or downloaded newspapers, magazines or electronic books in digital format, urban, adjusted gender parity index. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ictskilldldonld-urb-gpia (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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